My day began very early since my train left at 6:55 a.m. for Brussels, Belgium. I arrived very early at the train station having left the hotel at 5:30 a.m. I was very tired but my also extremely excited to visit another country, especially on my own. The train ride went smoothly enough and I arrived around 8:30 a.m. I bought a Metro pass at the station below the train station. I took several quick rides to realize that the Metro system in Brussels was not as easy as in Paris. The transfers were more difficult since you had ride much further to be able to change lines. On one of these early, complicated rides (a short distance, mind you) I witnessed a man get his whole hand shut in the Metro door. The doors
... read more